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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I haven't read much in the way of Stephen King, but I thought this was an interesting concept. It wasn't horror, but it was certainly bizarre and had a creepy quality to it, but read more like a literary fiction. It focused on real people, and the way they handle an impossible situation.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
King is a masterful story teller and I though this book a fascinating little read
Simple y hermoso. Una premisa muy importante y tierna. Excelente storytelling. Fácil de leer; perfecto si buscas una lectura rápida.
fast-paced
This is a short little ditty of a book. However, I think it is one of the best that Stephen King has written in quite awhile. It is a wonderful story from a man with a great imagination.
I know that a lot of people dislike this novella—for “how dare Stephen King write this lesbian couple like this?” reasons, but different flavors of them—but I kind of loved it? My heart was warmed? It seems like a natural expression of Uncle Steve’s faith in the inherent goodness of people and his dismay at the Trumpian political landscape, and it’s got solid King writing in a concise little package. And I liked his narration of the audiobook. It had me sniffling on my morning commute and hoping I didn’t cry my mascara off before work. A solid 4.5 rounded up for me.
The bonus story also made me cry, and I also loved it. To other dog lovers who will need to hear this going in: Don’t worry, she doesn’t die.
And just… If you think that it’s off the wall to posit that a straight guy and long-term townie might have more social capital in a conservative small town than his lesbian newcomer neighbors, and think that it’s awful that he might leverage that to be helpful, I don’t know what to say. Signed, a lesbian from a conservative small town.
The bonus story also made me cry, and I also loved it. To other dog lovers who will need to hear this going in: Don’t worry, she doesn’t die.
And just… If you think that it’s off the wall to posit that a straight guy and long-term townie might have more social capital in a conservative small town than his lesbian newcomer neighbors, and think that it’s awful that he might leverage that to be helpful, I don’t know what to say. Signed, a lesbian from a conservative small town.
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No